It is the obsession of Tumblrs and Twitters and blogs everywhere: the thigh gap, that elusive couple of inches between the upper thighs that most models possess and, apparently, much of the public wants to attain. More »

Today, in Reasons People Hate The Western World, we learned that Sarah Burge–the so-called “Human Barbie” (or, the lesser one, as we like to think)–courted publicity yet again in an extremely sad, gross way by giving her seven-year-old daughter Poppy a voucher for £7,000 worth of plastic surgery as a Christmas gift. More »

Plastic surgery has been a bit of a popular topic around the office today, probably having something to do with Courtney Stodden, who hit the beach this weekend to prove once and for all that she probably had plastic surgery*. Anyway, cosmetic procedures on our simple brains, we decided to ask a bunch of ladies what kind of plastic surgery they’d get. Don’t be fooled by the post’s title, though, as plenty of them expressed fear of or disdain for “the knife.” More »

This ad for plastic surgery clinic VIP Medicum features a “before” and “after” model distributing pamphlets. The “before” model weighs more than the “after” model. Because they’re different people. And because the skinny one got all the fat sucked out of her, I guess. More »

I am not a proponent of plastic surgery – really elective surgery of any kind in this day is a danger not worth taking, in my eyes, and from my experience. I have met far too many people in the … More »